SYLLABUS

Instructor Barton Stander

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Description: Course for students in Mathematics and Computer Science, or having an interest in the theory of counting and its applications. This course will instruct students in mathematical reasoning, combinatorial analysis, sets, permutations, relations, computational complexity, and boolean logic. Students will be required to complete homework and programming assignments.

If you are a student with a physical or mental impairment and would like to request accommodations, please contact the Disability Resource Center (652-7516) in Room 201 of the Student Services Center. The Disability Resource Center will determine your eligibility for services based upon complete professional documentation. If you are deemed eligible, the Disability Resource Center will further evaluate the effectiveness of your accommodation requests and will authorize reasonable accommodations that are appropriate for your disability.

Attendance:  Students are responsible for material covered and announcements made in class.  School related absences may be made up only if prior arrangements are made. The class schedule presented is approximate.  The instructor reserves the right to modify the schedule according to class needs.  Changes will be announced in class.

Labs: You may use the computers in Udvar-Hazy 200 and Udvar-Hazy 151.

Resources:  The text for this course is Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications (6th Ed.) by Kenneth H. Rosen.

Reading:  The student is responsible for reading the material in the textbook.  A reading schedule is provided with the class schedule.  The student is expected to read the material before the class in which it is discussed.

Tests
There will be 2 midterms and a comprehensive final, each worth 200 points. All the tests together are worth 60 percent of the final grade.

Written Homework
Homework for each of the three units is due on the date of the unit test. Written homework counts for 10 percent of the final grade. Daily homeworks are very important to learning this material, and the bulk of our time together will be spent working through various homework problems from the book. Even though the homework is only worth 10 percent of the final grade, the test questions will be very similar to the homework - some may be identical. Students who can do all the homework problems will do very well on the tests.

Programming Homework
There will be approximately three programming assignments, which will count for 30 percent of the final grade. Students who are not from the CIT program may choose alternative assignments. (Discuss this with the instructor.)

Late Policy: Assignments are due at 11:59p.m. on the date specified in the schedule. Handing them in after 11:59p.m. is considered 1 day late. You may turn them in up to 3 school days late but you lose 10 percent per day. After 3 days late, you receive ZERO points.

For example: an assignment due Tuesday at 11:59 p.m. and turned in on time can receive 100 percent.

• Between Tuesday 11:59p.m. and Wednesday 11:59p.m. the assignment can receive at most 90 percent.
• Between Wednesday 11:59p.m. and Thursday 11:59p.m. the assignment can receive at most 80 percent.
• Between Thursday 11:59p.m. and Friday 11:59p.m. the assignment can receive at most 70 percent.
• After Friday 11:59p.m. the assignment will not be accepted.

Saturdays, Sundays, and school holidays do not count as late days. Late days do NOT extend beyond the last day of class.

Time Commitment:  Courses should require about 45 hours of work per credit hour of class.  This class will require about 135 hours of work on the part of the student to achieve a passing grade.  If you don’t have the time to spend on this course, you should probably rethink your schedule.

Cheating:  Cheating will not be tolerated, and will result in a failing grade for the students involved.  Cheating includes, but is not limited to, turning in homework assignments that are not the student’s work.

You are encouraged to work in groups while studying for tests, discussing class lectures, discussing algorithms for homework solutions, and helping each other identify errors in your homework solutions.

However, each student must create and type in their own solution.  Any kind of copying and pasting is NOT okay.  If you need help understanding concepts, get it from the instructor or fellow classmates.  But never copy another’s code, either electronically or visually.

Grading: Programming assignments and tests each contribute to your total points. Your final grade is based on the percentage of points that you earn.

Percent	Grade		Percent	Grade		Percent	Grade		Percent	Grade
94-100	A		84-86.9	B		74-76.9	C		64-66.9	D
90-93.9	A-		80-83.9	B-		70-73.9	C-		60-63.9	D-
87-89.9	B+		77-79.9	C+		67-69.9	D+		< 60	F